4BH Top 40 May 1975

This is from the Telegraph May 19th 1975 and this was the 4BH Top 40 with Al Martino at number 1 with To The Door To The Sun, Frankie Valli at number 2 with My Eyes Adored You, Pilot at number 3 with January and at number 4 Gene Pitney with the song written by Roger Cook Blue Angel. The Australian acts on the charts that week were Sherbet at number 6 with Summer Love, Skyhooks at number 8 with Horror Movie which was from the iconic Living In The 70's album, Ross Ryan at number 20 with Blue Chevrolet Ballerina, Kevin Johnson at number 21 with 20th Century Man, Graeme Connors at number 22 with Dakota, Olivia Newton John at number 22 with the song written by fellow Australian as well as member of the Strangers and the Shadows John Farrar at number 23 with Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton also at number 25 with the song written by John Rostill who was from the British group The Shadows If You Love Me(Let me Know), Skyhooks at number 29 as well as the one of the entries in the charts that week with the title track from the follow up album Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, Richard Clapton at number 30 with Girls On the Avenue, Allison McCallum at number 31 with Excuse Me, Ted Mulry at number 35 with Sunday Evenings, Ray Gibson at number 36 with Was I Blind and Bob Hudson at number 39 with the Newcastle Song. Besides from Skyhooks the other entries in the charts that week were the Kinshasa Band at number 32 with Black Superman, John Denver at number 38 with Thank God I'm a Country Boy and the Drifters at number 40 with the song written by Roger Greenway and Tony Macaulay Love Games. For Country Music fans the top 20 picked by Pete Smith who was on with Country Show Monday To Friday from 7pm to 9pm and Saturdays 6pm to Midnight as well as On the Contryside Show 5am to 5.30am Monday to Friday had at number 1 Ozark Mountain Daredevils with Jackie Blue, Sam Neely at number 2 with I Fought The Law, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge at number 3 with Lover Please and Paul Davis at number 4 with Ride Em Cowboy and the Australian and New Zealand acts in the charts the Seekers with Louisa Wessinberg at number 6 with Every Roads Leads Back To You, Graeme Connors at number 9 with Dakota, Bluestone including John Creech (Ex Mixtures) and Terry Dean at number 10 with Hear The Bang, Diana Trask at number 14 with Oh Boy and Bill and Boyd at number 15 with Country Wine.

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